Fixmo,
a leading provider of mobile security and risk management solutions, and BlackBerry
(BBRY; TSX: BB) today announced plans to bring the Fixmo
Sentinel device integrity verification and tamper detection solution to
the BlackBerry 10 platform. Fixmo Sentinel is used today throughout the
U.S. Federal Government to meet the Security Technical Implementation
Guidelines (STIGs)
for mobile device deployments. Today's announcement expands on a
collaborative effort between Fixmo and BlackBerry that began in 2009.

Developed under a Co-operative Research and Development Agreement with
the U.S. National Security Agency, Fixmo
Sentinel helps IT organizations ensure mobile devices start, and
remain, in a known trusted state and within corporate compliance. Fixmo
will offer a fully integrated version of Fixmo Sentinel for BlackBerry
10 smartphones that will enable Government agencies and Enterprise
customers to track and audit all system-level and application-level
modules residing on each smartphone. Enterprises and government
customers will be able to proactively detect the installation of
unverified or disallowed third party software and undesired changes to
software configurations or settings, as well as attempts at malicious
tampering or rooting of the operating system.

“BlackBerry
10 continues to be well received by government agencies and large
enterprises looking to embrace the next wave of mobility in the
workplace without compromising security or regulatory compliance,” said
Scott Totzke, Senior Vice President, BlackBerry Security Group at
BlackBerry. “Our collaboration with Fixmo is another important step in
providing our government, DoD, and enterprise customers with the tools
they need to meet stringent security and compliance requirements as they
expand their use of mobile technologies and applications.”

Through a collaborative development project, Fixmo and BlackBerry are
working to ensure that Fixmo Sentinel for BlackBerry 10 meets the
evolving DoD STIG and Security Requirements Guide (SRG) specifications
for mobile device management developed by the U.S. Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA). The development project builds on the existing
relationship between the two companies that began in 2009 as a
collaborative effort to bring the NSA-developed AutoBerry technology to
BlackBerry 7 smartphones across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

“BlackBerry
is a critical platform for our government and enterprise customers, and
we're seeing wide-spread demand for Fixmo Sentinel on BlackBerry 10
smartphones,” said Bruce Gilley, President of Fixmo U.S. “We're thrilled
to be partnering with BlackBerry to deliver a tightly integrated version
of Fixmo Sentinel that will enable our mutual customers to maximize
their use of BlackBerry 10 smartphones while mitigating security and
compliance risks.”

Fixmo Sentinel for BlackBerry 10 will be available to U.S. Government
agencies as part of an exclusive Technology Preview program later this
year. To learn more about Fixmo Sentinel, and to register for updates on
availability for BlackBerry 10, please visit http://fixmo.com/products/sentinel.